The Western No. 1 Claim is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.47972, -123.73417
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Western No. 1 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Western No. 1 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Chrome Ridge
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Location): IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. IN GULCH AT HEAD OF SLIDE CREEK. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL NEAR BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECS. 11 AND 12; UTM FOR THIS IS 4680790N, 431140E.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN ZONE OF DUNITE. SEVERAL DIRECTIONS OF BANDING VISIBLE, A FEW LENSES OF MASSIVE ORE
Comment (Workings): A SINGLE OPEN PIT
Comment (Deposit): MARGINAL ORE DUE TO EXCESSIVE SILICATES
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013490) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO RECORDS FOR MCCALEB NO. 1 AND MCCALEB NO. 2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): ONE OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON'S LARGEST PRODUCERS OF LOW-GRADE CHROMITE. SMALL PART OF CONCENTRATES CAME FROM OTHER CLAIMS IN MCCALEB GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P
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